Input

Example with eZSimplifiedXMLInputParser

include_once ('lib/ezutils/classes/ezfunctionhandler.php');
// Fetch example node
$node = eZFunctionHandler::execute( 'content','node', array( 'node_id' => 2) );
$object =& $node->object();
 
include_once( 'kernel/classes/datatypes/ezxmltext/handlers/input/ezsimplifiedxmlinput.php' );
include_once( 'kernel/classes/datatypes/ezxmltext/handlers/input/ezsimplifiedxmlinputparser.php' );
include_once( 'kernel/classes/datatypes/ezxmltext/ezxmltexttype.php' );
 
// Some example content
$XMLContent = "<p>some text <b>this is bold text</b> some text <i>some text</i></p>";
 
$parser = new eZSimplifiedXMLInputParser( $object->attribute( 'id' ) );
$parser->setParseLineBreaks( true );
 
$document = $parser->process( $XMLContent );
 
// Create XML structure
$xmlString = eZXMLTextType::domString( $document );
 
// Loop through  contentobject attributes
foreach( $object->contentObjectAttributes() as $contentObjectAttribute )
{
    // Store only in  short_description attribute
    if ( $contentObjectAttribute->attribute( 'contentclass_attribute_identifier' ) == 'short_description' )
    {
        // Store XML structure in ezxmltext attribute
        $contentObjectAttribute->setAttribute( 'data_text', $xmlString );
        $contentObjectAttribute->store();
    }
}

Output

Example 1

include_once ('lib/ezutils/classes/ezfunctionhandler.php');
// Fetch example node
$node = eZFunctionHandler::execute( 'content','node', array( 'node_id' => 2) );
$object =& $node->object();
 
// Loop through  contentobject attributes
foreach( $object->contentObjectAttributes() as $contentObjectAttribute )
{
    // Get only content from short_description attribute
    if ( $contentObjectAttribute->attribute( 'contentclass_attribute_identifier' ) == 'short_description' )
    {
        include_once('kernel/classes/datatypes/ezxmltext/handlers/output/ezxhtmlxmloutput.php');
        // Get XML content from contentobject attribute
        $XMLContent = $contentObjectAttribute->attribute( 'data_text' );
        $outputHandler = new eZXHTMLXMLOutput( $XMLContent, false, $contentObjectAttribute );
        $htmlContent =& $outputHandler->outputText();
        echo $htmlContent;
    }
}

Example 2

include_once( 'kernel/classes/ezcontentobjecttreenode.php' );
 
// {def $node=fetch( 'content', 'node', hash( 'node_id', 2 ) )}
$node =& eZContentObjectTreeNode::fetch( 2 );
 
// {$node.object.data_map}
$object =& $node->object();
$dataMap =& $object->dataMap();
 
// {$node.object.data_map.short_description.content.output.output_text}
$shortDescription =& $dataMap['short_description']->content();
$shortDescriptionOutput =& $shortDescription->attribute('output');
$shortDescriptionOutputText = $shortDescriptionOutput->attribute('output_text');
 
echo $shortDescriptionOutputText;

See also blog post "eZ publish content object attributes output rendering" and learn how to access eZ publish content objects attributes of all available datatypes.